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davel , 4 months ago to worldnews in Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

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Commander Adama was right to ban wireless.

davel , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to worldnews in Pope says Ukraine should have 'courage of the white flag' of negotiations

Which is a lot of words to say that you genuinely believe you know what they want better than they do.

Who is this “they”? The Ukrainian oligarchs and their far-right government that are conscripting men to fight their war for them? The Azov Nazis? Or the regular working people just trying to live their lives?

davel , 4 months ago to worldnews in Erdogan says Turkey firmly backs Hamas leaders

There are no good guys in this war.

This is not a war, it’s a genocide of an open-air prison, where most of the prisoners were born there and have never seen the outside of it their entire lives.

The Palestinians have a right to armed struggle against their occupiers, and their occupiers have no right to self-defense.

davel OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in America is driving Germany’s deindustrialisation

Europe is not as united, and the eurozone is structurally designed to lock in neoliberalism and preclude a return to Keynesianism.
Naked Capitalism, Sept. 2022: Michael Hudson on The Euro Without Germany

And the eurozone’s own economic rules limit its budget deficits to just 3% of GDP. This prevents its national governments supporting the economic by deficit spending.

davel OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in America is driving Germany’s deindustrialisation

Newsweek, Sept. 2022: Video of Biden Saying He’d ‘End’ Nord Stream Resurfaces After Pipeline Leak

“Now that Nord Stream has been damaged, Germany will probably have to buy more natural gas from the US at 5x the price,” wrote commentator James Melville.

Speaking to reporters on February 7, Biden said: “If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2.” “We will bring an end to it,” the president said. A journalist asked Biden how he could do that since Germany was in control of the project, the president replied: “I promise you: We will be able to do it.”

“Any deliberate disruption of European energy infrastructure is utterly unacceptable and will be met with a robust and united response,” Borrell said.

Europe’s “robust” response has been to buy LNG from the US (and also still from Russia) at higher prices.
Bloomberg, Jan. 2024: Gas-Addicted Europe Trades One Energy Risk for Another

davel , 4 months ago to worldnews in Chinese police set to patrol alongside Hungarian officers

I think they’re using “secret police” to trigger memories of last year’s bullshit Chinese secret police stations narrative.

davel , 4 months ago to worldnews in President of Colombia Defends His Criticism of ‘Israel’ Amidst United States’ Antisemitism Allegations

This genocide has put that old canard to bed. I wonder if they’d have been able to destroy Jeremy Corbin with that nonsense today.

davel , 4 months ago to memes in I also want a garden gnome new.

The people old enough to remember the before times especially seem to think that capitalism is ass after all.

en.wikipedia.org/…/Nostalgia_for_the_Soviet_Union…

In 2017, another poll conducted by Pew Research Center found that 69% of Russians, 54% of Belarusians, 70% of Moldovans and 79% of Armenians claimed that the breakup of the Soviet Union was a bad thing for their country. With the exception of Estonia, the percentage of people who agreed with the statement was higher amongst people aged 35 or over. 57% of Georgians and 58% of Russians also said that Joseph Stalin played a very/mostly positive role in history.

davel , 4 months ago to memes in USA-Israel relations explained

Calling a Marxist-Leninist ignorant is risky business: you may get a wall of text with footnotes & references.
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davel , 4 months ago to memes in USA-Israel relations explained

Senator Biden, 1986:

Our support for Israel […] is the best three billion dollar investment we make. If there were not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interests in the region. The United States would have to invent an Israel.

davel , 4 months ago to worldnews in Macron Ready to Send Troops to Ukraine if Russia Approaches Kyiv or Odesa

French officials also clarified that any potential forces sent would likely support operations such as de-mining rather than direct combat with Russian forces.

😂 In the word of Teddy Roosevelt, speak loudly and carry a pool noodle.

davel , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to worldnews in Biden announces 'emergency' US military mission to build pier off Gaza coast to deliver aid

I’m sorry, did they just say Palestinian economy? There’s no Newspeak that’s too on the nose for these people.

davel , 4 months ago to worldnews in Sweden officially joins NATO

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davel , 4 months ago to worldnews in Sweden officially joins NATO

They follow it a helluva lot more than the US does, which fabricated a whole “rules-based international order,” which is nothing but We make up the rules, and order everyone around. Mafia rule.

davel , 4 months ago to worldnews in Sweden officially joins NATO

Remember that time when Putin tried to join NATO, but was rejected because the imperial core was only interested in plundering Russia as a neocolony? Putin is popular because he put an end to the Western plundering of Russia.